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there's been a lot of bumps, some pretty big bumps along the way. and it has to do with new entrants into the u.s. as a country, as a political system. again, primarily through immigration. pushing the envelope, as it were, certainly from the standpoint of the majority established community. i'll tabling one example and that's the experience of roman catholics in this country. again, because of major migrations from europe, but in that wave primarily from roman catholics countries such as ireland and italy and poland and so forth, this was profoundly unsettling to the mainstream protestant establishment and there were indeed not only tensions and conflicts but violence in places like philadelphia, for instance, where the main campus -- the original campus of my alma mater, villanova, was torched to the ground. it was in the parish in villanova -- in philadelphia. one of the reasons -- the real reason, the precipitating reason had to do with bible reading in the public schools and whether, you know, catholic kids would be allowed to read the new age
there's been a lot of bumps, some pretty big bumps along the way. and it has to do with new entrants into the u.s. as a country, as a political system. again, primarily through immigration. pushing the envelope, as it were, certainly from the standpoint of the majority established community. i'll tabling one example and that's the experience of roman catholics in this country. again, because of major migrations from europe, but in that wave primarily from roman catholics countries such as...
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cady called me soon after and complained, you and judge michael got me into big trouble. she loves now that she is in high school to tell the story still. since leaving the bench, justice o'connor has been at the forefront, has been a tireless advocate for bringing the courts to the people. in her awareness initiative aimed at school children, cs.org sheg -- icivi teaches them about the courts. as children grow up, they are like many adults who are distrustful of lawyers, have contempt for the usual system. we must head off. hours today is a broad topic, but our panel will highlight these important issues among others. i will now follow what i consider a cardinal rule of good lawyering. that is, when you have nothing much else to say, is good to sit down. our first speaker, a man with whom you are all familiar, is jeffrey toobin, a distinguished lawyer, author, and journalist. jeff serves as the senior legal analyst for cnn and has a staff writer at "the new yorker." he has written profiles of justices briar, kennedy, thomas, and chief justice roberts, plus, articles on s
cady called me soon after and complained, you and judge michael got me into big trouble. she loves now that she is in high school to tell the story still. since leaving the bench, justice o'connor has been at the forefront, has been a tireless advocate for bringing the courts to the people. in her awareness initiative aimed at school children, cs.org sheg -- icivi teaches them about the courts. as children grow up, they are like many adults who are distrustful of lawyers, have contempt for the...
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rogers: we're urging the president to do something big, he says he wants to do something big about our debt problem, this is the solution. we urge him to work with us and not demand new taxes. and once he'll do that we can turn to some meaningful things that will help improve the job situation which by the way is at 9.% unemployment and going the wrong direction. we can do some things like getting the regulators off our community banks so small businesses can have access to capital. shrinking the size of e.p.a. and osha and nlrb who are bloated in their infrastructure and just stifling jobs in america. we have a lot of things we can do but first we have to get our spending under control. i urge my colleagues to vote for cut, cap and balance. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> request permission to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise in
rogers: we're urging the president to do something big, he says he wants to do something big about our debt problem, this is the solution. we urge him to work with us and not demand new taxes. and once he'll do that we can turn to some meaningful things that will help improve the job situation which by the way is at 9.% unemployment and going the wrong direction. we can do some things like getting the regulators off our community banks so small businesses can have access to capital. shrinking...
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that's his big solution. number two solution, more job-killing free trade agreements. great patent reform. yeah, maybe someday. then at the very end, oh, we should have a little bitty infrastructure bank. oh, ok. now, the republicans on thursday, they preceded this in one option. they proposed that the united states of america with crumbling highways, falling down bridges and obsolete transit systems cut infrastructure by 35%. so the construction industry that has today 16% unemployment, under the republican plan 25% unemployment. that's great. that's going to work too. oh, yeah, and more tax cuts. you know, we lack the will around here to address our nation's greatest problems. not the means. chronic unemployment is the greatest problem in this country. we solve chronic unemployment, a quarter of the deficit goes away because people are not collecting unemployment benefits and food stamps. they're working and surviving and paying taxes. now, how about canceling some of these stupid tax cuts? particularly the social security tax holiday? let's not borrow $110 billion f
that's his big solution. number two solution, more job-killing free trade agreements. great patent reform. yeah, maybe someday. then at the very end, oh, we should have a little bitty infrastructure bank. oh, ok. now, the republicans on thursday, they preceded this in one option. they proposed that the united states of america with crumbling highways, falling down bridges and obsolete transit systems cut infrastructure by 35%. so the construction industry that has today 16% unemployment, under...
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big surprise, the federal government is probably not the best insurance agent in the world. i mean, when you see that 1% of the policy holders are getting 40% of the claims, something is seriously wrong. and i'm going to be offering an amendment shortly to eliminate this program and i'll speak more to it at that time. thanks for the time. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: madam chairman, i would like to yield to the gentleman from texas three minutes. he has worked very hard to make sure that we open up communications with communities that are located in areas where flood insurance maps have not been updated in 20 years. he's worked hard on this, i yield to the gentleman three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized for three minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. i want to thank congresswoman waters for her leadership on this issue. i also want to thank the subcommittee chairwoman biggert, also financial services chairman bachus, ranking member frank for their bipartisan work on this pie
big surprise, the federal government is probably not the best insurance agent in the world. i mean, when you see that 1% of the policy holders are getting 40% of the claims, something is seriously wrong. and i'm going to be offering an amendment shortly to eliminate this program and i'll speak more to it at that time. thanks for the time. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: madam chairman, i would like to yield to the...
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is that too big, mr. president? what is unrealistic is to assume that we can spend at the levels that president obama and congressional democrats have done over the past few years, amass trillion-dollar annual deficits and still have a vibrant economy. now that's unrealistic. putting america's fiscal house in order is not only realistic and achievable, it's imperative. it's imperative in order to get our economy moving again and creating jobs. this bill is a positive solution, a commonsense solution, an honest solution and a bold solution. i encourage my colleagues to support this bill and begin to travel on a path to prosperity. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam speaker. i just want to make a couple points in response to statements that have been raised. not only would this write in the constitution a 2/3 requirement for getting rid of special interest tax breaks for the purposes of deficit reduction, it would m
is that too big, mr. president? what is unrealistic is to assume that we can spend at the levels that president obama and congressional democrats have done over the past few years, amass trillion-dollar annual deficits and still have a vibrant economy. now that's unrealistic. putting america's fiscal house in order is not only realistic and achievable, it's imperative. it's imperative in order to get our economy moving again and creating jobs. this bill is a positive solution, a commonsense...
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nations, saying that this horrific act would take place against the people of libya, is just i think a big mistake. and it would undermine u.s. foreign policy that's been consistent since 1949 when nato was established. so i urge a no vote on this amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. dicks: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: no further speakers. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. sherman: on that i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california are postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. chairman, i rise in support of my amendment which is at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. rohrabacher of california. at the end of the bill before the short title add the following, section, none of the funds made available by thi
nations, saying that this horrific act would take place against the people of libya, is just i think a big mistake. and it would undermine u.s. foreign policy that's been consistent since 1949 when nato was established. so i urge a no vote on this amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. dicks: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: no further speakers. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye....